Women - Civil Rights & Equal Rights Advocates

Learn about women who have fought for equal justice under the law!

Learn about women who have fought for equal justice under the law!

The Grimké Sisters Through The Civil War
Episode 2

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The Grimké sisters ran afoul of the Quakers as they embraced abolition and engaged in anti-slavery activities without permission. Angelina Grimké wrote a letter to abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison...
The Grimké Sisters Through The Civil War
Episode 1

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Sarah and Angelina Grimké worked tirelessly for both abolition, and women’s suffrage. The Grimké sisters were the first to say, in print, that women deserved to live alongside men with an equal...
Sisterhood: SC Suffragists-Moving Forward, Part 1
Episode 1

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The roles South Carolinians played in the Women’s Suffrage Movement have often gone unheralded. This program highlights the efforts of famous South Carolina suffragists, such as the Grimke sisters...
3D VR - Modjeska Monteith Simkins House | Let's Go
3D VR - Modjeska Monteith Simkins House | Let's Go

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Built between 1890 and 1895, this one-story cottage was home to Modjeska Monteith Simkins, considered "the Matriarch of Civil Rights activists of South Carolina," from 1932 until her death on April 5...